Rick Perry Says Prayer, Not Gun Control, Will Keep American Children Safe From Violence

6:12 pm - 01/17/2013

Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) has revealed his own plan for combating America's violence problem -- and it differs from President Barack Obama's on a key point. Specifically, the former presidential candidate said that instead of enacting tougher gun control legislation, Americans should simply pray for protections.

Perry said that there was "evil prowling" in the world that has appeared in television and movies, and then found its way into vulnerable minds.

As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our children.

Perry also assailed the liberal media and politicians for attempting to use the Sandy Hook shooting for a political end "that would not have saved those children," according to the Chronicle.

"Satan runs across the world with his doubt and with his untruths and what have you, and one of the untruths out there that is driven -- is that people of faith should not be involved in the public arena," Perry said on a conference call with Rick Scarborough.

Perry's appreciation for prayer is also well-documented. He endorsed and helped organize a "Christian-only" prayer event in August at Houston's Reliant Stadium that drew the ire of the Freedom from Religion Foundation organization.

This idea that prayer is the ultimate protection, even against guns, has been circulated among the conservative Christian community in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting.

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I guess all of us who don't pray and don't want to own guns can just fuck ourselves, right?

God fucking dammit I've had it up to here with this shit. THE FILTHY LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO CREATE A COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE SCARED ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN OR WHATEVER, but at the same fucking time they CONSISTENTLY PULL THIS CRAP.

YOU'RE A FUCKING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE, NOT A PREACHER. STOP BEING CRAZY AND START ACTUALLY DOING THINGS THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU.

Why would anyone believe a God that would send mass murderers as a punishment for not being devout enough is worth praying to anyway? Were all of the Sandyhook and Aurora victims and their families atheists who deserved to be punished for their wickedness, or were they innocents God used as an example to scare the rest of us back in line? Religious cognitive dissonance makes my head hurt.

ETA so glad this guy did not win the republican nomination, let alone the election.

So how many praying people will it take, Rick, before your God decides to step in and prevent the slaughter of innocent children? Must be a really specific number that, in the history of the world, have never all been praying for the same thing. That's the only plausible explanation, so GET PRAYIN'.

It is also of crucial importance that no one attempt to do anything except pray to God. Because if we try to limit access to guns, that really makes God mad for some reason. :/

A: I know it pisses you off, Perry, but some of us are atheists, pray to a different god, or follow a non theistic religion.

B: Any god who kills children? PROBABLY NOT WORTH FOLLOWING.

C: Even your own co-religionists have this shit better figured out than you. Ever heard the one about three people trapped on the roof in a flood? How about "Tie your camel, THEN trust in Allah"? If I was a believer, I'd think that god'd be fed up with your selfish lazy ass.

A man was sitting on his balcony when he heard a radio broadcast telling of a high risk of flash flooding in his town, and the council was preparing buses to get people out of town to safety. But the man said, "I will put my faith in God and pray that he will save me".

The rains came, and the waters began to rise. Emergency fire crews came down the street in a boat, checking the houses for people who hadn't made it to the buses. They told the man to get into the boat for safety. But the man said, "I will put my faith in God and pray that he will save me".

The waters continued to rise, and soon the man was spotted on his balcony by a passing rescue helicopter. The rescue team threw down a rope ladder and told the man to come aboard so they could take him away to safety. But the man said, "I will put my faith in God and pray that he will save me".

The waters still rose, and the man drowned.

Reaching the afterlife, he met with God and asked him, "why did I die Lord? I have been a righteous man and have always put my faith in you. Why didn't you save me?"

God replied to him, "I sent you a radio broadcast, a boat and a helicopter."

MORAL: Believing in prayer shouldn't stop you from doing what you can, jackass.

Yes, my conservative fundamentalist pastor dad used this story as an example in one of his sermons. He would also quote some church leader: "Work like it all depends on you and pray like it all depends on God."